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[quote=Anonymous]Long winded post coming...

I've said it in an earlier post, the soccer landscape in the US is so fractured with all the competing interests and little power, direction from the top levels - and who really is that?  The US Soccer Federation?

Girls thoughts - college v. pro.  In the past, the way to the national team and frankly US dominance was fully through US colleges.  They were the develop ground for high level players post high school - really wasn't another option right?

But, now you see outside the US, other countries developing their academies on the women's side similar to the men's side with good results - in particular Spain.  While here, we have not and are still stuck in the college model which is even murkier with transfer, NIL, etc.

But really, even in the last few years, there are more options very high level players to forgo college and go straight to a pro career.

While only NWSL has been mentioned, USL is trying to make a go of a top league with their USL Super League for women to give more options for pro womens soccer.    You see the multiple summer leagues around between USL-W, NPWSL now gaining some traction and expansion.

Ok, much of what I typed really only applies to a very small percentage of girls out there.  But, you have those pro level girls, girls who are thinking about college soccer first, education second and others that are education first and college soccer second and those that don't play beyond their HS club years.  Where do they all fit?  That's the question.

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